'Intentionally launching attacks that will cause environmental damage - IAC' in document 'Lithuania - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER XV
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES

Article 111. Prohibited Military Attack

1. A person who orders to carry out or carries out a military attack prohibited under international humanitarian law against civilians, medical or civil defence personnel, a military or civilian hospital, a first-aid post, a vehicle carrying wounded or sick persons, the personnel of the International Red Cross Committee or a National Red Cross or Red Crescent Society, a military attack against an undefended settlement or a demilitarised zone, a military attack without selecting a specific target and being aware that it could result in civilian casualties or destruction of a civilian object, or a military attack against the combatants who had clearly withdrawn from the battle and had given up resistance
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five up to fifteen years.

2. A person who orders to carry out or carries out a military attack contravening international humanitarian law against a target posing a considerable danger to the environment and people, such as a nuclear plant, a dam, a facility for the storage of toxic substances or another object, while being aware that it could cause grave consequences, or a military attack using weapons of mass destruction
shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of ten up to twenty years or by life imprisonment.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(b) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
(iv) Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects or widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment which would be clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated